"It's good that Gazprom did not organize a personnel revolution
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 9:03 am
"We were assured that the organizational changes would not affect the terms of remuneration. For example, I went from being the head of a department to being the head of a department, but I was promised the same level of compensation," one of Gazprom Neft's managers told ComNews. "We were also promised that the results of the management by objectives (MBO) and the assessment of each employee's contribution based on the results of 2023 would be carried out in accordance with the previously approved internal regulations."
at Gazprom Neft - this will macedonia whatsapp resource allow employees at all levels to adapt to the new conditions and organizational structure. But I would not guarantee that this reform is the first and last," says the head of a personnel agency that actively works with resource companies.
"If Evgeny Kozhevnikov, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom Neft, continues to oversee procurement, then subordinating the digital and IT departments to him is an alarming signal. At one time, they tried to reassign the Information Technology Support Department (ITS) at Lukoil to Vice President for Procurement Denis Rogachev, and nothing good came of it," said the IT specialist, who managed to work at Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and several other industrial companies.
A specialist who previously worked in the chemical and petrochemical practice of a global consulting company from the top 5 suggested that the transformation of digital and IT directorates into departments with simultaneous reporting to one top manager could become a prologue to their unification. "The hype with hiring digital transformation directors (CDO) in the West is passing. This position has already begun to be deciphered as Chief Disappearing Officer (chief disappearing director - ComNews note )," said this source.
“Technological transformation has become part of the job description of every manager and employee in any progressive corporation, and a special assignment to a unique C-level position (CDO) is no longer required,” confirms this thesis Patrick Gray, vice president of global digital consulting at the American agency AECOM.
Natalia Sokolovich, who was Deputy CEO for Operations Support at VSK Insurance House until December 2022, believes that CDO is necessary as an independent position, but it should focus on data, turning into Chief Data Officer. "The CDO position should not be an independent vertical in the company's structure. It is a catalyst for optimal interaction between existing business verticals and a multiplier of the value flow, which can be achieved through the high-quality use of data," Natalia Sokolovich is convinced.
at Gazprom Neft - this will macedonia whatsapp resource allow employees at all levels to adapt to the new conditions and organizational structure. But I would not guarantee that this reform is the first and last," says the head of a personnel agency that actively works with resource companies.
"If Evgeny Kozhevnikov, in his capacity as Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom Neft, continues to oversee procurement, then subordinating the digital and IT departments to him is an alarming signal. At one time, they tried to reassign the Information Technology Support Department (ITS) at Lukoil to Vice President for Procurement Denis Rogachev, and nothing good came of it," said the IT specialist, who managed to work at Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and several other industrial companies.
A specialist who previously worked in the chemical and petrochemical practice of a global consulting company from the top 5 suggested that the transformation of digital and IT directorates into departments with simultaneous reporting to one top manager could become a prologue to their unification. "The hype with hiring digital transformation directors (CDO) in the West is passing. This position has already begun to be deciphered as Chief Disappearing Officer (chief disappearing director - ComNews note )," said this source.
“Technological transformation has become part of the job description of every manager and employee in any progressive corporation, and a special assignment to a unique C-level position (CDO) is no longer required,” confirms this thesis Patrick Gray, vice president of global digital consulting at the American agency AECOM.
Natalia Sokolovich, who was Deputy CEO for Operations Support at VSK Insurance House until December 2022, believes that CDO is necessary as an independent position, but it should focus on data, turning into Chief Data Officer. "The CDO position should not be an independent vertical in the company's structure. It is a catalyst for optimal interaction between existing business verticals and a multiplier of the value flow, which can be achieved through the high-quality use of data," Natalia Sokolovich is convinced.